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Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
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If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found what we are robb'd of may be restored: The Treasure of Time once lost, can never be recovered yet we squander it as tho' 'twere nothing worth, or we had no Use for it.
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A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.
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I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.
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Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.
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Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.
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He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.
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Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
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Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
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My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.
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No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.
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A light purse is a heavy curse.
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The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
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A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.
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Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.
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Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, I may say without vanity, but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.
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Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.
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Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.
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Those things that hurt, instruct.
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Revealed religion has no weight with me.
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